„СУРВА“ В ПЕРНИК И СПЕЦИФИКИТЕ НА ПОЛИТИКИТЕ ЗА ОПАЗВАНЕ НА КУЛТУРНОТО НАСЛЕДСТВО В ЕПОХАТА НА НРБ
SURVA FESTIVAL IN THE TOWN OF PERNIK AND THE FEATURES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION POLICIES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results from the study of one of the most famous festivals of masquerade games in Bulgaria – the International festival of masquerade games – Surva – Pernik. The first edition of the festival was in 1966 and since then (until today), there have been many changes in its organization, conceptions and periodization over the years. The focus of the present article is put on the policies of the ruling communist party of preserving cultural heritage in the People’s Republic of Bulgaria in the period between 1945 and 1989. „People’s culture and the heritage of oppressed people“ was among the main ideological formulas in the official documents, which focussed the party members officials’ efforts in the sphere of culture. Under this ideological phrase there have been implanted a lot of changes in the traditional way of life in the country, which reflected over the cultural customs and rituals. The questions of traditions, heritage, and the old and new forms of inherited rituals are analysed in the light of the new ideology enforced in the social life after 1944. The documents from different administrative centres – both government’s offices, party’s committee and municipality’s bureaus – are studied in order the hidden sides of the decisions, concerning cultural policy in the country, to be shown in their complexity.

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